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i don't think governor romney makes a lot of sense when he plays defense on romney care. >> romney says it's one thing for a state to impose a romney care. do you de-disagree that that's not a fair point that he's making? >> of course it's a distinction without a difference. governor romney called for a universal mandate. he's 4 a national mandate, he's for obama care, and when he session he's not, he's just doing that etch-a-sketch thing. i had vised the pro obama superpack and i had vised governor romney that we had a mandate on health care. and david plouffe, mary, the president's senior advisor, he basically said that romney is the godfather, he said it flatly, the godfather of the president's health care reform law. i guess he's already trying to neutralize this entire issue if in fact romney is the republican nominee. and mitt romney cleverly called him rumple stillskin. he is very cler a that's a giant between the reach of the federal government and what states are allowed to do and when we're in the fall campaign, they didn't put it in their state of the union except for 30 wors
i don't think governor romney makes a lot of sense when he plays defense on romney care. >> romney says it's one thing for a state to impose a romney care. do you de-disagree that that's not a fair point that he's making? >> of course it's a distinction without a difference. governor romney called for a universal mandate. he's 4 a national mandate, he's for obama care, and when he session he's not, he's just doing that etch-a-sketch thing. i had vised the pro obama superpack and i...
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i thought of it as romney territory. this whole language things seems to be an odd place to be dropping that. >> it has been mitt romney territory and as jim said we're worrying whose territory puerto rico is a statement about where we are. yes, i think it is unusual place for santorum to find himself in that water but not unusual in another sense. this has been an extraordinarily, increasingly diversifying country, extraordinarily white republican primary. 14 of the 16 states with exit polls, 90% of the vote has been white and a lot of that white republican vote are the elements of the white community most concerned about immigration, most concerned about assimilation, most concerned about issues like english as an official language and you've seen almost the magnetic pull of that, that constituency on both romney and santorum, and it gets a little more complicated when they get into states or territories that are diverse. >> jim, have you been able to see anything or talk to anyone that leads you to believe that puerto
i thought of it as romney territory. this whole language things seems to be an odd place to be dropping that. >> it has been mitt romney territory and as jim said we're worrying whose territory puerto rico is a statement about where we are. yes, i think it is unusual place for santorum to find himself in that water but not unusual in another sense. this has been an extraordinarily, increasingly diversifying country, extraordinarily white republican primary. 14 of the 16 states with exit...
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the romney campaign did not win primaries this week. they did something better by shaping a narrative that they've won. >> i'm excited. i'm encouraged. i'm enthused. >> reporter: another endorsement for mitt romney. this time it was paul ryan. more important than what was said on stage -- >> i believe americans face a very fundamental choice in this election. >> was what ryan said in this radio interview in milwaukee that time is running out for romney's rivals. >> if rick santorum loses, do you think it's time for him to get out of the race? >> yeah. i think most people would agree with that. >> it's been the romney campaign surrogate message all week best put by the first president bush quoting kenny rogers. >> there's a time when to hold them and a time when to fold them. >> his campaign's latest line of attack that one of president obama's top officials, gina mccarthy, once directed the romney policy in massachusetts. >> i played a pretty good role in trying to get governor romney to finally sign the massachusetts climate change act
the romney campaign did not win primaries this week. they did something better by shaping a narrative that they've won. >> i'm excited. i'm encouraged. i'm enthused. >> reporter: another endorsement for mitt romney. this time it was paul ryan. more important than what was said on stage -- >> i believe americans face a very fundamental choice in this election. >> was what ryan said in this radio interview in milwaukee that time is running out for romney's rivals. >>...
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santorum calls romney another gordon gecco. >> i heard mitt romney call me an economic light weight because i wasn't a wall street financer. >> reporter: the chicago style brawling sounds like it's straight out of the mobster classic the untouchables. >> when santorum -- on to the roof of a car in a crate, the former pennsylvania senator wasn't about to give his rifle a pass. >> as what are as shamus the dog, all i would say is the issue of character are important in this election. >> nobody puts words into my mouth. >> reporter: but the romney campaign has it's own blast from the past featuring santorum endorsing the massachusetts governor in 2008. if you want a conservative as the nominee of this party, you must vote for mitt romney. >> reporter: a look at the latest poll shows why santorum would like gingrich out of the way. >> as the race goes on, it shows that the he certainly can't get any amount of the vote anywhere. >> these pancakes are something else, i tell you. these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. >> reporter: but boasts of an island victory is just t
santorum calls romney another gordon gecco. >> i heard mitt romney call me an economic light weight because i wasn't a wall street financer. >> reporter: the chicago style brawling sounds like it's straight out of the mobster classic the untouchables. >> when santorum -- on to the roof of a car in a crate, the former pennsylvania senator wasn't about to give his rifle a pass. >> as what are as shamus the dog, all i would say is the issue of character are important in...
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it's romney's to lose. cnn estimates that romney has 459 delegates, compared to 203 for santorum, just a paltry 118 for newt gingrich. back to newt. he says even if he doesn't have a good day today, he'll stick around. maybe not. if gingrich loses in one or both of these states, money might be harder to come by. without money, he goes nowhere. so here's the question. do mississippi and alabama represent newt gingrich's last stand in go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog or go to our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. >>> allegedly carried out by u.s. army sergeant. the president deplored the killings today in some of his strongest language yet. >> over the weekend, as many of you know, there was a tragic incident in which a number of afghan civilians were killed. what i've maid to president karzai when i spoke to him is the united states takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered. we're heartbroken over the loss of innocent life. t
it's romney's to lose. cnn estimates that romney has 459 delegates, compared to 203 for santorum, just a paltry 118 for newt gingrich. back to newt. he says even if he doesn't have a good day today, he'll stick around. maybe not. if gingrich loses in one or both of these states, money might be harder to come by. without money, he goes nowhere. so here's the question. do mississippi and alabama represent newt gingrich's last stand in go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog or go to...
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47%, romney, 37%. so what can romney do about that? >> not much. i think the race has kind of established a pattern, and i think it is what it is. mitt romney is never going to convince evangelical voters who are skeptical of him. the most conservative voters who are skeptical of them and the most ardent tea party voters who are very skeptical of them to support them overwhelmingly. he did win people, the tea partiers in illinois last night. that was a part of his very large victory, but overall they're going to remain skeptical. what we call the base of the base. so in the end they're going to have to decide whether they want to defeat president obama enough that they would come out wholeheartedly, if he's the nominee as seems likely, and vote for him in the fall. it's not going to be because they're passionate about him. >> they're passionate about not voting for president obama. that could be the decisive element. gloria, thanks very much. >>> so what about jeb bush for vice president? his endorseme
47%, romney, 37%. so what can romney do about that? >> not much. i think the race has kind of established a pattern, and i think it is what it is. mitt romney is never going to convince evangelical voters who are skeptical of him. the most conservative voters who are skeptical of them and the most ardent tea party voters who are very skeptical of them to support them overwhelmingly. he did win people, the tea partiers in illinois last night. that was a part of his very large victory, but...
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who might romney pick? some of the nominations include florida senator marco rubio, paul ryan of wisconsin, virginia congressman, eric cantor and south carolina nicky haley. it's still early. remember, john mccain didn't find sarah palin until just before the convention. what a find it was. so here's the question, if you were mitt romney, under what circumstances would you ask rick santorum to be your running mate? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog or go to my post on "the situation room's" facebook page. wolf? >> i suspect that's not going to happen. >> no. not at all. >> all right. we've got another story we're following. it's developing right now. shock and chaos onboard a jetblue flight forced to divert due to a so-called medical situation involving the pilot. a captain, witnesses say, charged the cockpit door and had to be wrestled to the ground. wow! let's bring in our regulation and aviation correspondent lizzie o'leary with the latest. i know it's still a work in progress. we are
who might romney pick? some of the nominations include florida senator marco rubio, paul ryan of wisconsin, virginia congressman, eric cantor and south carolina nicky haley. it's still early. remember, john mccain didn't find sarah palin until just before the convention. what a find it was. so here's the question, if you were mitt romney, under what circumstances would you ask rick santorum to be your running mate? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog or go to my post on...
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still looks good for romney. if it's significance in terms of, you know, lapping the pack, he's not doing that. he's not pulling away. there's still some reluctance among a lot of people, but he looks on target to win. this is why something like a gingrich withdrawal would really throw this whole thing into a fight. we would have to see about that. >> he's wade ahead in the delegate vote, which is more important than the popular vote right now. right now as of this minute we estimate romney has 429 delegates, santorum 169, gingrich 111, and ron paul only 67 delegates. ron paul still has not won one state yet. those numbers are pretty impressive. if you're looking to the magic number of 1,144 delegates needed to capture the republican nomination, it looks like romney is in much better shape than the others. >> he really is. that's why it's important over the next couple weeks, as you look at these upcoming primaries and caucuses, that the santorum campaign, gingrich campaign retool themselves to ensure they can ca
still looks good for romney. if it's significance in terms of, you know, lapping the pack, he's not doing that. he's not pulling away. there's still some reluctance among a lot of people, but he looks on target to win. this is why something like a gingrich withdrawal would really throw this whole thing into a fight. we would have to see about that. >> he's wade ahead in the delegate vote, which is more important than the popular vote right now. right now as of this minute we estimate...
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has said it will be romney. he's hoping this will finally be it, but establishment support hasn't sold this hold-out ban of conservative voters -- >> that may work against. >> to some degree it might work against him and romney's fundamental problem remains and he doesn't need the endorsement of sarah palin and that's the void he needs to fill in his party. you mentioned in time.com, you pointed out that george w. bush has been completely silent during this campaign. his father will endorse formally today, but nothing from george w. bush. when are we going to hear from him? >> he endorsed john mccain on march 5th and at that point mccain-huckabee was out so mccain was kind of the last man standing. i was thinking to some degree w might be laying low and romney might not be hankering for his endorsement because george w. bush left office with low approval ratings and mitt romney's approval and disapproval ratings were almost as bad as george bush's were when he left office to say that romney is in bad shape, so i
has said it will be romney. he's hoping this will finally be it, but establishment support hasn't sold this hold-out ban of conservative voters -- >> that may work against. >> to some degree it might work against him and romney's fundamental problem remains and he doesn't need the endorsement of sarah palin and that's the void he needs to fill in his party. you mentioned in time.com, you pointed out that george w. bush has been completely silent during this campaign. his father will...
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why is mitt romney so popular with senior citizens? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on go and post on "the situation room's" facebook page. >> seniors vote in much higher percentages than younger people. ron paul has a lot of young people to support him, but not necessarily translating into wins. if you're running for office in the united states, you want the seniors to support you. they actually show up and do the voting. you know that. >> they vote in much higher percentages than any other group. i am one. i know these things. >> you vote every single election. we know that. jack, thank you. >>> more than 40 advertisers have pull their commercials from rush limbaugh's talk show. making sure their ads aren't running during limbaugh's show ever since he used the choice words to describe a georgetown university law student. cnn's erin burnett is looking into the advertising situation for us. rush limbaugh isn't the only one having troubles with advertisers today. what are you finding out? >> it's been interesting. obviously a
why is mitt romney so popular with senior citizens? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on go and post on "the situation room's" facebook page. >> seniors vote in much higher percentages than younger people. ron paul has a lot of young people to support him, but not necessarily translating into wins. if you're running for office in the united states, you want the seniors to support you. they actually show up and do the voting. you know that. >> they vote in much...
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this new democratic video targets mitt romney before the illinois republican primary. >> mitt romney action he's wrong for women, wrong for illinois. >> reporter: it's all part of a push to appeal to women voters who in 2008 made of 53% of the electora electorate. that's 8 million more votes thain men. now the democratic national committee has a new women's institute to woo unaligned female voters, taking on a new urgency in light of the contraception and rush limbaugh controversies. according to pew polls before that fight, women's view of democratic and republican parties were evening, but now they have a more favorable view of the democratic party by 14 points. top democrats see a treasure trove of activity at the state level, which they believe will help drive women to the left. it includes this, the republican governor of pennsylvania backing a measure that would require women seeking abortion to first get an ultra-sound. he said this. >> i don't know how you make anybody watch, okay? you just have to close your eyes. >> some republicans say this is not where the party should be
this new democratic video targets mitt romney before the illinois republican primary. >> mitt romney action he's wrong for women, wrong for illinois. >> reporter: it's all part of a push to appeal to women voters who in 2008 made of 53% of the electora electorate. that's 8 million more votes thain men. now the democratic national committee has a new women's institute to woo unaligned female voters, taking on a new urgency in light of the contraception and rush limbaugh...